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4 Perry Daily Journal Friday, January 28. 2008
Annual PHS Alumni
Letter to Editor
A Matter of Faith
meeting January 26 .........
The Perry High School the annual meeting, the School Board and appreciate the community allow-
Alumni Association will directors will elect offic- ing me the opportunity. Covington has one of the
hold its annual meeting ers for the coming year best schools in the state and that is only because of
on at 2 p.m. Jan. 26. and conduct other busi- the support of the community "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you
The meeting will be ness as necessary. One of the most heated topics that came up while fecensere sms kinds %
held at the Alumni Asso- _ .. 1 was on the board was changing the school colors race ials / James 1:2 (NIV)
ciation building, 606 Ducks Unlimited and I might add that as far as I know there was I blew my nose, wiped away the snot and decided
Cedar St. The main or- nadnnor action never a thought of changing the colors. It is good to get off my pity pot.
der of business will be to banquet, aucuon to see such a loyal community with so much school I made a vow—life is not going to get me down
elect seven directors for caradon Jon 10 pride. Both of my children graduated from CDHS because I have remembered that God is in all my
a three-year term. All oduuTudy, Jail. and continued their education one becoming a circumstances.
interested Association Noble County Ducks Nurse and one a Marine Biologist. . Although 2007 wasn’t the best year I’ve ever had,
members are invited. Unlimited will hold its 1 wish my grandchildren could attend Covington I have learned that without tribulation, we can-
immediately following annual banquet and auc- School but they have the opportunity to attend not grow spiritually. Through trials, we learn to
tion at 6.30 D m Jan 19 Perkins which is in my opinion one of the other trust God more.
in the women’s fair- best schools in the state. For some reason, last year was a challenge for
mA harnldi View During my term on the School Board I have had many people with whom I have visited lately.
8100s arbt at the opportunity to work with an exceptional staff Maybe it was the ice storm that hit in January or
www ch00RPwiselv info/ and have enjoyed the lunches at the school, great the one in December. Both left thousands in the
www.choosewisely.into/ job in the Cafeteria. dark, wondering after several weeks when power
n°du of the dinner is I had the opportunity to work with 4 of the best would be restored. Maybe it was the uncertainty
s.0for Individuals $45 Superintendents 1 have ever known and I have at the gas pumps as prices rose and fell at the whim
$35 tor indiv duals, $40 1the working end of of who knows. Maybe it was more personal, like
for couples and $15 for known a few, some 1 ki e 8 the loss of a loved one, or health problems that
any sportsmen under 18. a paddle in my earlier years. .-n were unexpected.
Contacts: Cliff Lyle at Without the extra effort of these 1 ovington Dou- Many of us have spent more time in the valley
580-572-2270 or Tony glas Superintendents our school could not have than on the mountaintop this past year. But life in
Wisely at 580-336-9090: made it through some of the financial times we have the valley is where battles are lost or won. Reach-
endured while still providing a quality education ing the top is anticlimactic, even if it is more peace-
for the students... ful. How can we appreciate the view from the
As a School Board Member I had the opportunity mountain if we haven’t endured the climb.’
to serve as the legislative liaison for the school and For Christians, it’s not so much a question of
it was an eye opening experience. I might mention whether we’ll have to face a trial but a matter of
that rural schools have very little representation when. We can become discouraged, however, as
with our legislatures, we struggle up that hill, only to look back and see
Larger schools and big business have much more that we haven't come as far as we had planned,
pull and paid lobbyists. All small schools have is Therein lies the problem—our plans. God has a
your support and vote. We will all have to work to much better plan for our life than we can even con-
make sure Universities and Charter schools don’t ceive. But if we take our eyes off of Him, it's easy
take more money that has been set aside for our to feel sorry for ourselves and climb back onto our
schools and unfunded mandates don’t eat away at Pity Pot.
ourmonies. God calls us to he faithful right where we are,
Don’t be fooled by legislative representatives who even if it is in the valley. If we belong to Him, then
other aresunportingeducationand rural schools we can rest assured that things happen tor a pur-
dA A Superintendent pose. Sometimes it only when lock pack that
from a rural school. Just because their mother or we His perfect Rlanatumerk do.
sister is a teacher doesn't mean the lobbyists don't Faith s a life-long journey, through the valleys
have them eating out of their hands, and up the mountaintops. It’s not a one-time shot
My mother was a teacher and most every one can after we’ve come to accept the Lord as our Savior
come up with a relative who taught, actions speak but a daily recommitment, remembering that His
louder than words and anyone who voted for Char- mercies are new each morning.
ter schools to receive Public School Funds is not a Without struggle, there is no victory. I was re-
friend of public education! minded of this recently when, in my busyness, I
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to serve forgot to water one of my favorite exotic plants,
on the School Board and made a lot of new friends When I saw the leaves drooping pitifully, 1 picked
in the process and hopefully very few enemies. I up the pot and set it in my kitchen sink 1 left the
feel confident my successor will do a great job and faucet on to drip slowly into the parched soil, hop-
have the utmost respect for the current school staff, ing my beautiful plant would survive.
Thanks again for the experience, Later that day, revived by moisture, the plant
2 Yours Truly, showed no signs of distress. was a reminder to
Lynn Hunt me that even when we struggle, God will provide
all we need to overcome.
Editor,
I have enjoyed serving on the Covington Douglas
BY CAROL ROUND
Get off the Pity Pot
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* DATE: Saturday, January 26, 2008 A
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^AUCTION LOCATION: Womens Building
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Perry. +
PROPERTY LOCATION; From the junction ofM
* Hwy. 77 and 15th St. at the south edge of Perry x
OK, go two miles south to the beginning of the
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4(4) and the South Half (S/2) of the Northwest
A Quarter (NW/4), Section Three (3). Township
★Twenty (20) North, Range One (1) West of the*
A Indian Meridian, Noble County, OK and containing,
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TRACT #4: The SW/4-NW/4-3-20N-1W
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TRACT #5: The entire unit.
4 If you have been looking for a rural property a
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Brown, Gloria. Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 116, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, January 18, 2008, newspaper, January 18, 2008; Perry, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2260874/m1/4/: accessed July 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.